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Council panel green lights phone tower

The Development Assessment Panel (DAP) of the Light Regional Council has approved the installation of a 28-metre communications tower, north-west of Tanunda.

About 40 members of the public attended the panel's meeting this week and 116 submissions were received - 112 of them in opposition.

The main objection was the tower's visual impact.

The council's general manager of development and regulatory services, James Miller, says the project still has to be approved by the Development Assessment Commission.

"Being non-compliant if the Development Assessment Commission refuse to concur, then there'll be no right to appeal by Vodafone," he said.

"In the event that it's approved, any of those persons that made public submissions or representations to the DAP, they've got an opportunity to appeal that approval to the Environment Resources and Development Court."